Nicola Swales

Workshop overview

• What are Notting Hill Prep’s habits of mind and their origins

• The benefits of shared language

• How to embed thinking habits across the whole school

Biography

Nicola Swales is Deputy Head (Academic) at Notting Hill Prep, an advanced accredited Thinking School. Passionate about pedagogy, she has been a proponent of innovative and reflective teaching and thinking practices since she was a young teacher. Whilst undertaking postgraduate study with Harvard University (Ron Ritchhart – Project Zero), she became a veritable crusader to improve the outcomes of pupils and to equip them with the skills they need to flourish in an ever-uncertain world